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   Not needing to expand

   

   dorpus, Dec 14th, 2005 @ 2:52am

   
   

   Online businesses still make it difficult for people to buy merchandise from foreign countries. But when they work that kink out, it will take away the incentive for stores to open outlets abroad.
   
   Abercrombie & Fitch, the Ohio-based white supremacist clothing chain that forbids nonwhites from working in sales positions, has cancelled its plans for opening stores in Japan. Known as "abakuro" or "wild black" in Japan, the clothing chain says it will focus its expansion on Anglo-Saxon countries such as Canada and England instead.
   
   http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/sangyo/20051213AT1D1306U13122005.html
   
   But if people could just buy A&F online, what's the point?
   

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   dan, Dec 14th, 2005 @ 4:55am

   
   

   I agree completly, sometimes I end up paying more online, and I know that I am doing it. Most of the time items are cheaper due to the lower overhead of not operating a brick-and-mortar store, but sometimes meatspace beats out.
   
   I pay more for the selection and the ability to easily see unmoderated reviews of other people like me who have purchased or used the product. I can easily compare products and prices through the reviews and other resources.
   
   The ammount of information available for an online purchase is massive and is infinatly larger than what you could get from a store display or employee.

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   Re: Not needing to expand

   

   dan, Dec 14th, 2005 @ 4:58am

   
   

   Well, whether or not that is true, I don't buy from A&F (or others like it) anyways. One of my biggest pet peeves is wearing clothing that advertises for that clothing. It never made sense to me.
   
   They should be paying me to advertise for them, I shouldn't be paying them. I would much rather buy my clothing without the manufacturers name emblazoned in 3 inch tall letters across the front. It's cheaper too.
   
   Sorry for posting off-topic.

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   It's what made Amazon huge

   

   dt king, Dec 14th, 2005 @ 5:41am

   
   

   Until online shopping, I was lucky to find specialized books in the big stores in Boston.
   
   I make my living because the small percentage of people who want my product can find me from anywhere in the world.
   

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   Convenience trumps price, mostly

   

   Awfki, Dec 14th, 2005 @ 6:05am

   
   

   Selection often wins because I don't want shipping charges from multiple sites and I want everything to show up at once.
   
   If there's a big difference in the price then I'll deal with the incovenience.
   
   Sometimes though, the ability to go back to the store and return an item makes a big difference too.
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   I'm with dan on the advertising. If you want me to advertise for you give me the shirt (or whatever) for free. If I have to pay for it then your logo had better be discreet.

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   Online Geishas?

   

   dorpus, Dec 14th, 2005 @ 7:08am

   
   

   What if geishas can be bought online? Here's the first (known) blog by a geisha.
   
   
   

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   Re: Not needing to expand

   

   MissingFrame, Dec 14th, 2005 @ 7:19am

   
   

   Oh great, now I have to throw away my Linux Penguin t-shirt because you guys think I'm advertising for Linux!

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   It's gotta be both

   

   Steve, Dec 14th, 2005 @ 7:26am

   
   

   I shop by finding the item with the best functions/features/style in my price range, then once I know exactly what I want I shop strictly by price.
   
   So to get my money, you have to have exactly what I want, and be the cheapest.

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   it's easy to find cheep items

   

   ak, Dec 14th, 2005 @ 7:54am

   
   

   with sites like pricegrabber, shopzilla, and froogle, I don't see why you would ever pay more than you have to. I always find the best deal out there and buy from them, even if the online store is small. I like to support up and coming businesses anyway.

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    Re: it's easy to find cheep items

    

    Brian, Dec 14th, 2005 @ 10:58am

    
    

    I'll sometimes pay a little bit more to buy from a well established site. I don't want to buy from some up and coming place, as they're working through their shipping bugs or still scraping to get buy with the possibility of going under at any moment.
    
    I don't think people buy from the Amazon's of the world because they have a great selection, they buy from them because they're well established and safe. They just happen to have a good selection because they've been around awhile.

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